WordPress Themes have to be GPL (Thesis etc.)
Well, my comment at the Thesis blog is “awaiting moderation” for over 2 weeks, so I guess it won’t happen anymore. Unsurprisingly so, I might add. The folks at Thesis are apparently, essentially, doing illegal things. The only reason why they can do it is because nobody sues them.
First things first: WordPress themes are GPL, [...]
The Crisis of Credit Visualized
My concussion and various broken bones are getting better by the day, and I went back to properly reading and learning for Uni — I hope to have finished the book my diploma thesis will be about (still Being No One by Thomas Metzinger) in 2-3 weeks.
Anyway, something completely different: The financial crisis explained with [...]
Konkordanz
This is a German post, the first one in this blog. Sorry to all my English readers. It is however an issue concerning strictly Swiss politics only, and one that I have trouble expressing in English, due to mainly the difficulty to translate the terms that have been thrown around in the political discussion lately.
Ich [...]
Samuel Schmid is leaving
Disclaimer: Swiss politics, so many links lead to German pages.
Samuel Schmid, member of the Swiss Federal Council (Bundesrat), is stepping back as per December 31th, as he just announced 10am this morning. It was, as sad to say as it is, inevitable.
The SVP, which was Schmids party until the end of last year, was partially [...]
NaN votes for Obama!
The US citizens have their voting machines, us here in Switzerland have our big media. Since they’re so much more professional than us bloggers (yep, they are, I have the links to prove it, in German), I’m sure they can tell us the current standings when it comes to the US election?
Of course they can! [...]
Movie Plot Terrorist Threat #6666: Twitter!
The terrorists were all over World of Warcraft, now they’re all over Twitter, according to this Wired article:
Scenario 1: Terrorist operative “A” uses Twitter with… a cell phone camera/video function to send back messages, and to receive messages, from the rest of his [group]… Other members of his [group] receive near real time updates (similar [...]
Sarah Palin, the Accessorizer
Apart from her being rather incompetent (“cramming a lot of information”, as if, she just doesn’t find her way around the notes others have prepared for her), Sarah Palin apparently really likes fashion. And hairdressers. And makeup.
According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in [...]
Swiss RFID Referendum: Nearly There!
We’re nearly there, but the referendum against biometric Swiss passports is still lacking 4′500 signatures, and there’s only a few days left. So if you haven’t printed, signed, and sent in a signature sheet yet, please do so now!
In short, again, the reasons why I think biometric passports as per the current proposal are not [...]
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